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...GEORGE BUSH recklessly rushing back into the swing of things? He slowed his % tempo dramatically after he was found to have Graves' disease, but the President, 67, has picked up the pace again, in part to head off any perception that his illness has dogged him. His doctors have okayed a packed schedule, but some aides fear that Bush may be overdoing it a bit. A member of his medical team told a colleague that doctors are unable to "get the President to sit down." Bush, whose medication is still being fine-tuned, is also having trouble sleeping. Even...
...abdicated the concert stage 18 years earlier, he & quietly rented a hall and hired some members of the Toronto Symphony. Though most famous for his electric keyboard interpretations of Bach, Gould chose for his orchestral debut Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, which he took at a glacially languorous tempo. When it was over, he blurted onto the tape an accurate verdict: "Gorgeous! Magnificent! Heartbreaking!" Along with that performance, the newly released album contains Gould's superb piano transcriptions of the Idyll, Siegfried's Rhine Journey and the prelude to Die Meistersinger. After nearly a decade of legal negotiations, it marks...
Saturday, however, a hustling, physical UNH squad did intimidate the Crimson, unsettling a Harvard team that was unable to control the ball and the tempo of the game...
Crimson Newscar One, a white 1987 Ford Tempo, suffered a damaged front axle and a flat tire while in hot pursuit of search committee members during a rain shower. The driver--who hoped the escapade would reveal the committee's meeting place--miscalculated the proper speed for a turn on a ramp at New York's LaGuardia Airport and the Newscar slammed into a curb. The reporters continued the chase on foot...
...Crimson must fight for ground balls as it did on Sunday. By dominating possession against Penn, the Crimson was able to play the game at its own tempo, something it had failed to do in previous performances...